Key-hook.



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KEY HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED. F.25.19|.

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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

CALVIN R. WAID, OF EIRIVIIN(.S'rtltll,k ALABAMA, A-SSIGNOR TO BIRMINGHAM KEY HOOK COMPANY, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, A. CORPORATION F ALABAMA.

KEY-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. 20, 1918.

Application filed February 25, 3.918. Serial No. 219,164.

:To (1N 'lr/wia t 'may concern:

Be it known that l., (nLviN E. Vilain, a citizen of the United States olf America, residing at l'lirniinghani, in the county of delt'erson and State of Alabama, have invented Certain new and useful Improveinents in KeyeHooks, et' which the Lfollowing is a specitica-tion.V

This invention relates to improvements in key hooks adapted to be securely attached to the trousers or other garment and to provide a hook which is adapted to receive the ring or chain carrying the keys and to positively prevent the accidental detachn'ient of the saine it'roin the hook or oi the hook 'freni the garment.

vThe object et my invention is to simplify and periect the fastening means by which the hook itself is secured to the garment and by which the keys are prevented from accidental detachment iroin the hook and to this end l have designed a very simple and inexpensive device termed of a bent metal strip having at its ends reversely disposed spring hooks, one of which carries a pinr which traverses `the -neek space of both hooks, making positiveengagement With the body of the hook to the end so that it presents a positive retaining means for the key ring and a positive garment engaging means for `the hook. Preferably the hook is de signed With the key engaging hook elon gated relatively to the garment engaging hook as it is desirable to have the key engaging portion carry the pin. and by elongating it 1 increase its flexibility and the ease With which the pin may be disengaged either for releasing the keys or detaching the keys from the garment.

My invention also comprises the various details of construction and arrangen'ients of parts which are hereinafter more particu larly described in the specication and pointed ont in the appended claims7 reference being had to the accompanying dravvings Which illustrate the preferred embodiments oiz my invention, and in which Figure 1 shows the key hook in side elevation in operating position.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view ot' the key hook shown in Fig. l, with the garn'ient and key hooks jdeXed away from the hook body.

Fig. 3 .is a side elevation et' a modification et the key heck,

ment of the hook 2.

Similar reference numerals reifer to siniilar parts throughout the drawings.

in the preferred enibodiinent oiV my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the key hook is termed of a bent metal strip having a straight body portion l with a short garment engaging hook 2 at its upper end bent over and back te press against the body and having its free end out-turned at 3. The other end of the body l carries a key supporting hook vhich is bent over and back to press against the opposite tace of the body l to that engaged by the hook 2 and at a point opposite the point of engagerThe free end o't the keyy hook t is out-turned at 5 and it is provided ivith a pin or perforating point 6 which is adapted to project through a slot 7 in the body l and a slot 8 in the end 3 of the garment hook 2. Preferably the pin or point 6 is formed by punching up a pointed tip from the hook 4 but it may be formed lin anyr other practical manner. The garnient 9 is adapted te be caught under the' hook :2 anda ring or chain 10 for the keys is adapted to be hung on the hook 4.

ln practice, the thumb is applied between the ond 5 et the key hook and the body l and they are pressed apart to withdraw thc pin G sufficiently to pern'iitthe hook 2 to be slipped on or ofi" from the garment 9, and when on the garment the pin 6 penetrates through the latter and positively holds the hook thereon. E] hen removing the keys it is necessary to further bend the hook t out- Wardly so that the pin 6 moves clear of the body ril enough to permit the key hook or chain to be dropped downwardly into the bight ofthe hook 4f, after which the hook il being released the pin will spring back and again penetrate the garment and enter the slots 7' and 8, thus holding the hook proper on the garment. and presenting a positive stop which. will prevent the disei'igagement oit the key ring l0. Tt is preferable that the hook t be much longer than the hook 2 as I thereby secure greater iieXibility for the pin carrying element which must be considerably flexed for the purposes described.

In Fig. 3 the description of the parts and their designation is the same except that the main body l1 in this instance instead of being straight is formed With an angled onset portion t2 opposite the point of en llt) gagement therewith of the hook ends L3 and 5. This .arrangement brings the two hooks Q and 4: more into alinement and makes a structure which will pack in less space and which will otherwise function exactly as described above. This design is suitable to be inverted and caught over a garmenti pocket with the pin carrying hook end 5 out-turned so that the hook 4 will engage and hold therein any valuable paper or artiele which by the secure fastening in place of the hook is prevented from loss or theft.

This invention is not intended to be restricted in scope to the speciic embodiment shown, but contemplates such modifications as come within the spirit and scope of the claims.

In Fig. 3 the device being capable of use in the pocket, instead of perforating the hook end 3, the latter is indented at 13 to form a socket for the point of the pin G. This socket is the equivalent of the hole 8 and may be substituted therefor in the design shown in Fig. 2 if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent7 is l. A key hook formed by a strip of metal having its ends bent reversely to form hooks, the free ends of which stand opposite each other with said strip between them, there being a slot in said strip between said hooked .ends, and a pincarried by one hook end and adapted to penetrate through said slot and engage the other hook end to form a common guard at the throats ot' both hooks.

2. A key hook having its body formed by a strip of metal, the ends of which are bent reversely to form hooks, the free ends of which hooks stand opposite each vother on opposite sides of the strip, there being alina metallic strip bent at oneV end to form a short garment engaging hook with its free end bent to press against the body, there being alining slots in the body 'and hook end, and the other end of said strip being bent to form an elongated hook for the r'eception of a key holder, said key hook having its free end bent to press against the body on the opposite side from and opposite to the garment hook, and a pin on said key hook end adapted normally to penetrate said slots in the body and garment hook and close the necks of both hooks, substantially as dcscribed.

l. A key hook comprising a body portion having an intermediate bend oblique to the planes of the body, a garment engaging hook provided at one end of the body and having its free end juxtaposed to one side of said oblique portion, a key carrying hook formed at the other end of the body and having its free end juxtaposed to the other end of said oblique portion, there being a slot in said oblique portion of the body and in one of said hook ends, and there being a pin on the other of said hook ends disposed to penetrate the said slots7 the pin carrying hook end being `substantially out-turned to Jform a finger grip for springing it away from the body to withdraw the pin and open the necks of said hooks, substantially as described.

In testimon whereof I aHix m 1 signature.,

CALVIN R. VAID.

Vitness NOMIE VELSH.

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